Window-guard.



R. H. WILSON;y

. WINDOW GUARD. AIPLIOATION IVILED SEPT. 27, 1909.

' Patente@ occ. 25, 1910.

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ROBERT II. WILSON, oF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

WINDOW-GUARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Tindow-Guard, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedconstruction of window guard and the invention aims more particularly toprovide a guard which may be applied or set up at night and taken downduring the day.

The invention further aims to provide a guard embodying a number ofrods, any one or more of which may be removed whereby the device may beadapted to serve as a guard for windows in high buildings as well as aburglar guard for low windows, all of the rods being employed in thelatter instance however.

The invention further aims 'to provide a guard which, when set up orin'use, will effectually prevent the entrance of a person through thewindow .in which itis arranged and in which all attaching screws orother elements of like naturewill be obscured and cannot be gotten tofor the purpose of removing the guard or disarranging the parts thereof.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a guard which may beapplied to any ordinary window frame or similar structure without in anyway altering the same.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View illustratingthe guard embodyingthe present invention set up in a window frame. Fig.2 is a similar view in detail of a portion of the device. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view in detail.

Brieiiy stated, the device embodying the present invention consists ofmembers which are secured upon and supported by the stiles of a windowframe or like structure and which engage with the ends of rods whichserve to guard the window opening. Each of the devices above mentionedcomprises a pair of bars, one of which is indicated by the numeral 5 andthe other by the numeral 6, these bars being pivotally connected attheir lower ends as at 7, and having their upper ends bent to extendangularly as at 8 in overlapped relation, the bars being pivoted flatagainst each other whereby they may be folded one to overlie the otherwith Specification of Letters Patent.

Application mea september 27, 1909.

Patented ott. 25, 1910.

Serial No. 519,799.

their lateral or vertical edges in registration. The bars at their upperangularly bent ends are formed with slots 9 which register when the barsare folded and through which is to be passed the'bail of a padlock orsimilar securing of a locking device indicated by the numeral 10. Thebar 5 is formed in that face which stands next the bar 6, with aplurality of sockets 11 which extend from one vertical edge of the barinwardly toabout the vertical median line of the bar, and this bar isfurther formed with a number of openings indicated by the numeral 12which openings open into the sockets 11 at the inner end thereof and insecuring the bar 5 upon the stile of a window frame or similarstructure, securing screws 13 are passed through the openings 12 and arescrewed into the material of the stile. The heads of these screws 13 areflat so that they will not project beyond the plane of the bottom wallsof the sockets.

The rods of the' guard are indicated by the numeral 14 here illustratedas round or cylindrical rods and these bars or rods are assembled withthe supporting devices by disposing their extremities in correspondingdevices arranged within a Window frame. The bar 6 is formed with anumber of notches 15 which register with the sockets 11 when the bar 6is swung to lie against the bar 5 as for example in the relationillustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. When the extremities ofthe rods 14 have been engaged in the sockets in the bar 5 and the bars 6have been swung upon their pivots 7 to the position illustrated in Figs.1 and 3 of the drawings, the ends of the rods will be firmly andsecurely held against removal or disengagement from the sockets, thesockets being closed by the said bar 6 as will be readily understood.After the bars have been assembled with their supporting device as abovestated, the lock 1() is to be engaged through the slots or openings 9 inthe upper end of the bars Acomprising the support-ing device and thedevice will in this manner be locked against disarrangement of itsparts.

It will be understood from the foregoing description of the inventionthat when the rods 14 are connected with their supporting devices byengaging their ends in the sockets in the bar 9, the ends or extremitiesof the rods 14 will register with the heads of of the window frame orlike structure so that these screws will be not only concealed but willbe inaccessible except when the bars have been removed. It will furtherbe understood from the foregoing description of the inventioir'r thatwhere the device is to serve merely as a guard, several of the upperrods may be omitted or removed if desired and the lower rods will thenperform the function stated. However, when it is desired to arrange theguard within a window at the ground Hoor or a window which is readilyaccessible, the entire number of rods is to be employed.

I/Vhat is claimed is l. In a window guard, pivoted bars of which one isformed with a plurality of sockets opening through one edge thereof andextending laterally only part way through the depth of the bar and theother is formed with a plurality of notches opening through its otheredge and adapted to register with said sockets, cross rods adapted toengage at their extremities with said sockets and notches when inregister, fastening means concealed within the sockets for holding oneof each pair of bars within the window frame, and other means forholding the notched bars overlapped upon the socketed bars.

2. In a window guard, pivoted bars of which one is formed with aplurality of sockets opening through one edge thereof and extendinglaterally only part way through the depth of the bar and the other isformed with a plurality of notches opening through its other edge andadapted to register with said sockets, cross rods adapted to engage attheir extremities with said sockets and notches when in register,fastening means concealed within the sockets for holding one of eachpair of bars within the Window frame, a pivot connecting one end of eachbar with its companion, and adjustable means for locking their otherends together so that their bodies will overlap.

3. In a window guard, pivoted bars, one of said bars being formed with aplurality of sockets opening through one edge thereof and with openingsthrough the bottom walls of the sockets, the said openings being for thepassage of means for securing the' member upon a window frame or likestructure, the other member being formed with a plurality of notches,and a plurality of rods seated at their ends in the sockets and engagedat their ends in the notches in the second mentioned member when thesame is folded to lie against the first mentioned member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT H. WILSON.

Titnesses Lnwis A. COLEMAN, IVA BUCKLEY.

